tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451aeef69e2017c32ed15c7970b2012-10-29T23:26:29-07:002012-10-29T23:28:56-07:00The Vampyre But first, on earth as Vampire sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent: Then ghastly haunt thy native place, And suck the blood of all thy race: There from thy daughter, sister, wife, At midnight drain...Izabella

The Vampyre

But first, on earth as Vampire sent,Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent:Then ghastly haunt thy native place,And suck the blood of all thy race:There from thy daughter, sister, wife,At midnight drain the stream of life;Yet loathe the banquet By which perforceMust feed thy livid living corse:Thy victims, ere they yet expire,Shall know the demon for their sire,As cursing thee, thou cursing them,Thy flowers are wither'd on the stem...Wet with thine own best blood shall dripThy gnashing tooth and haggard lip;Then stalking to thy sullen grave,Go--and with Gouls and Afrits rave;Till these in horror shrink awayFrom spectre more accursed than they!

~Lord Byron

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451aeef69e2017ee48f9f17970d2012-10-29T18:48:09-07:002012-10-29T18:48:09-07:00Thou, who dost dwell alone; Thou, who dost know thine own; Thou, to whom all are known, From the cradle to the grave,-- From the world's temptations; From tribulations; From that fierce anguish Wherein we languish; From that torpor deep...Izabella

Thou, who dost dwell alone;Thou, who dost know thine own;Thou, to whom all are known,From the cradle to the grave,--

From the world's temptations;From tribulations;From that fierce anguishWherein we languish;From that torpor deepWherein we lie asleep,Heavy as death, cold as the grave...

~Mattew Arnold

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451aeef69e2017ee47f1d6b970d2012-10-27T11:07:01-07:002012-10-27T19:25:56-07:00“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” ~Havelock EllisIzabella

“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.”

~Havelock Ellis

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451aeef69e2017d3d06873d970c2012-10-26T22:08:28-07:002012-10-26T22:08:28-07:00Troubled, wildered, and forlorn, Dark, benighted, travel-worn, Over many a tangle spray, All heart-broke, I heard her say.. ~william blakeIzabella

Troubled, wildered, and forlorn,Dark, benighted, travel-worn,Over many a tangle spray,All heart-broke, I heard her say..

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451aeef69e2017c32d7a7b9970b2012-10-26T21:12:05-07:002012-10-26T21:12:05-07:00You can shed tears that she is gone or you can smile because she has lived You can close your eyes and pray that she’ll come back Or you can open your eyes and see all she’s left Your heart...Izabella

You can shed tears that she is goneor you can smile because she has livedYou can close your eyes and pray that she’ll come backOr you can open your eyes and see all she’s leftYour heart can be empty because you can’t see heror you can ...

be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.You can remember her and only that she’s goneor you can cherish her memory and let it live onYou can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your backor you can do what she’d want:smile,open your eyes,loveand go on.

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451aeef69e2017ee47b73d9970d2012-10-26T20:58:32-07:002012-10-26T20:58:32-07:00Absence IN THIS fair stranger’s eyes of grey Thine eyes, my love, I see. I shudder: for the passing day Had borne me far from thee. This is the curse of life: that not A nobler calmer train Of wiser...Izabella

Absence

IN THIS fair stranger’s eyes of greyThine eyes, my love, I see.I shudder: for the passing dayHad borne me far from thee.

This is the curse of life: that notA nobler calmer trainOf wiser thoughts and feelings blotOur passions from our brain;

But each day brings its petty dustOur soon-chok’d souls to fill,And we forget because we must,And not because we will.

I struggle towards the light; and ye,Once-long’d-for storms of love!If with the light ye cannot be,I bear that ye remove.

I struggle towards the light; but oh,While yet the night is chill,Upon Time’s barren, stormy flow,Stay with me, Marguerite, still!

~Matthew Arnold

Seth Apter's Twitter Launch Partytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451aeef69e2016764119b0f970b2012-03-21T11:22:23-07:002012-03-21T11:22:23-07:00♥ ♥ ♥ Tonight!! Twitter Launch Party!! Join Seth Apter from @thealteredpage tonight Wednesday March 21st. He will be celebrating the release of his new book, The Pulse of Mixed Media. The Twitter Launch Party is from 9-10pm EST, where...Izabella

♥ ♥ ♥ Tonight!! Twitter Launch Party!! Join Seth Apter from @thealteredpage tonight Wednesday March 21st. He will be celebrating the release of his new book, The Pulse of Mixed Media. The Twitter Launch Party is from 9-10pm EST, where you can talk in real time to many of the contributing artists from the book. Everybody is welcome, but you need to have a Twitter account to join in. For this party, all tweets need to include the hashtag #PulseBook. ♥ ♥ ♥

copy & pasted from Seth's blog..

Like any party, you need directions to get there. There are two routes that you can take:

1. If you already use (or are willing to join) a Twitter client such as TweetDeck or HootSuite, you can sign up to follow the hashtag #PulseBook. In doing so, all the tweets that include #PulseBook will automatically show up on your account. But...so will all the other tweets you normally get. Remember, at the party your tweets must include #PulseBook to be seen.

2. If you join TweetChat, you can spend the hour in a TweetChat room where you will only be able to see the tweets from people at the party and no other tweets from those people you follow. Signing up is quick and easy and I highly recommend this approach, even if you already use TweetDeck or HootSuite. You can try it out now.

It is simple. Sign up with TweetChat in advance here by linking your Twitter account. When the party starts, sign into your TweetChat account and enter hashtag #PulseBook. This will automatically take you to a "private room" where all the other Launch partygoers will be. Chat in real time for the hour and when the party is over, just close the page.

sometimes I make art...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451aeef69e20168e8e02bb5970c2012-03-16T10:30:33-07:002012-03-16T10:30:33-07:00That crazed girl improvising her music. Her poetry, dancing upon the shore, Her soul in division from itself Climbing, falling She knew not where, Hiding amid the cargo of a steamship, Her knee-cap broken, that girl I declare A beautiful...Izabella

That crazed girl improvising her music.Her poetry, dancing upon the shore,

Her soul in division from itselfClimbing, falling She knew not where,Hiding amid the cargo of a steamship,Her knee-cap broken, that girl I declareA beautiful lofty thing, or a thingHeroically lost, heroically found.

No matter what disaster occurredShe stood in desperate music wound,Wound, wound, and she made in her triumphWhere the bales and the baskets layNo common intelligible soundBut sang, 'O sea-starved, hungry sea.'

William Butler Yeats

sometimes I make art...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451aeef69e20168e87e92bc970c2012-03-06T13:18:44-08:002012-03-06T13:31:01-08:00Izabella

Millions of Americans oppose SOPA and PIPA because these bills would censor the Internet and slow economic growth in the U.Stag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451aeef69e2016760c072a2970b2012-01-18T10:58:56-08:002012-01-18T10:58:56-08:00Millions of Americans oppose SOPA and PIPA because these bills would censor the Internet and slow economic growth in the U.S. Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy...Izabella

Millions of Americans oppose SOPA and PIPA because these bills would censor the Internet and slow economic growth in the U.S.

Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American business. Millions of Internet users and entrepreneurs already oppose SOPA and PIPA.

The Senate will begin voting on January 24th. Please let them know how you feel. Sign this petition urging Congress to vote NO on PIPA and SOPA before it is too late.

Tell Congress: Don’t censor the Web

Fighting online piracy is important. The most effective way to shut down pirate websites is through targeted legislation that cuts off their funding. There’s no need to make American social networks, blogs and search engines censor the Internet or undermine the existing laws that have enabled the Web to thrive, creating millions of U.S. jobs.

ETSY~ protect Creativity & Innovation!!! Please read!! Pass this on!!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451aeef69e20168e5c1b7a3970c2012-01-18T10:52:47-08:002012-01-18T10:52:47-08:00January 18, 2012 We at Etsy have spoken out against legislation in the US Congress, known as SOPA and PIPA, that we believe is unnecessary, over-reaching, and ultimately harmful to the fabric of the Internet. Last November 23, we posted...Izabella

January 18, 2012

We at Etsy have spoken out against legislation in the US Congress, known as SOPA and PIPA, that we believe is unnecessary, over-reaching, and ultimately harmful to the fabric of the Internet. Last November 23, we posted a letter here stating our position (see below) and on December 13, we urged everyone to speak out against SOPA when it was going to be up for vote by the House Judiciary Committee on December 15. The vote was delayed indefinitely and continues to be delayed as your voices are being heard. Some of of the most concerning pieces of the bill are being reconsidered. Thank you for speaking out.

The fight against the legislation is not over, though. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is planning to proceed with a vote on PIPA in the Senate on January 24. We think it's important to make sure lawmakers understand our continuing opposition to the legislation, so we are joining companies like Google in protest by putting a message on our home page today. We know that many Etsy sellers depend on Etsy for their livelihoods so we are limiting the protest to the home page as not to disrupt buying and selling on Etsy, but this is too important for us to remain silent.

If you don't live in the US, you can make a difference, too. We offer you the advice that Wikipedia is offering to its readers: “Contact your local State Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or similar branch of government. Tell them you oppose SOPA and PIPA, and any similar legislation. SOPA and PIPA will affect sites outside of the United States, and actions to sites inside the United States (like Wikipedia) will also affect non-American readers — like you. Calling your own government will also let them know you don't want them to create their own bad anti-Internet legislation.”

We invite you to join the discussion in the forums with any thoughts or questions you may have. I’m confident that we can defeat this legislation working together and wanted to let the community know we are taking action.

Chad Dickerson CEO, Etsy

Original letter posted on November 23, 2011

Lawmakers are debating legislation in the U.S. Congress that we at Etsy believe is unnecessary, over-reaching, and ultimately harmful to the fabric of the Internet.

The legislation — the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House of Representatives — grants copyright owners unprecedented power to block or shut down websites entirely for copyright infringements that are already being successfully addressed via existing laws.

We know that this is a concern for some of you in the Etsy community, too. We wanted to let you know that we have contacted our representatives to oppose this legislation. In doing so, we stand with AOL, eBay, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Mozilla, Twitter, Yahoo! and Zynga (see their letter). We also stand with friends in our local New York City community who are against the legislation, Tumblr and Kickstarter.

Our protest of this specific legislation does not mean that we support piracy or platforms that promote piracy. Etsy is a community of creators and we take intellectual property very seriously. Like other major Internet companies, we have a clear policy and set of procedures in place for dealing with infringing content under the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act. We have been successfully working with rightsholders to enforce those policies since Etsy was founded in 2005. But under SOPA, anyone who is a "holder of an intellectual property right harmed by the activities" of even one shop on Etsy, could hypothetically serve our technology partners (e.g. payment processors, hosting services) with a notice that would require them to suspend Etsy's service within 5 days. That means that a trademark violation in one shop could affect everyone’s business.

We are asking our lawmakers to defeat these bills and to work with the Internet community to come up with tailored, appropriate solutions that enhance innovation and creativity, rather than risk harming the foundations of the Internet for everyone based on the actions of a few.

We encourage you to educate yourselves about this legislation, starting with the Protect Innovation site built by some of the Internet companies listed above, many of which you probably use every day. The Protect Innovation site provides a simple tool for you to find your representatives and also provides sample letters that you can edit and send to them.

We hope you'll join us in opposing these bills.

Chad Dickerson CEO, Etsy

Seth Apter's new book ~ The Pulse of Mixed Media ~ 99 artists + me = 100tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451aeef69e20162ff5a2545970d2012-01-10T12:23:48-08:002012-01-10T12:23:37-08:00I am a huge fan of Seth Apter’s work and completely thrilled out of this world to be participating in his first book!!! Which is now on preorder at Amazon! The Pulse of Mixed Media: Secrets and Passions of 100...Izabella

I am a huge fan of Seth Apter’s work and completely thrilled out of this world to be participating in his first book!!! Which is now on preorder at Amazon!

The Pulse of Mixed Media: Secrets and Passions of 100 Artists Revealed you can order here

BOOK DESCRIPTION:

Listen closely...can you hear it?

Can you hear the voices? Thoughts, insights, confessions from the creative community sharing ideas, trading secrets, venting frustrations; asking and answering questions such as, "What color rarely shows up in your work?" or "How do you express vulnerability in your art?" Or "What is one current trend that you wish would go away?" As artists, we are curious by nature and there is a longing to see inside the hearts and minds of artistic souls of our own kind. That is the beat of our lives - The Pulse of Mixed Media!

Visual Insights: Many questions are answered not only in words, but often through visual art, and include self-portraits from 31 spotlight artists such as Pam Carriker, Danny Gregory and Judy Wise.

A diverse sampling of provocative questions: Over 100 artists share their thoughts on everything from color, media and tools, to emotions, secrets and self-revelations. Insightful sidebar statistics: Data from thousands of participants collected through polls on the author's blog reveal a remarkable analysis of the creative community at large. Indulge your inner voyeur and soak up some inspiration with The Pulse of Mixed Media today!

In this book - a complex survey of artists around the globe - there is much for you to discover:

Seth Apter is a mixed-media artist from New York City, focused primarily on works on paper, book arts, and textural assemblage. His artwork has also been exhibited in numerous group exhibitions and can be found in multiple books, independent zines, and national magazines including Somerset Studio, Cloth Paper Scissors, Studios, and Artful Blogging.

His blog, The Altered Page, is a visual journal of his own artwork and photography, as well as a showcase for artists he admires and his creative experiences in NYC. He has developed several large scale, international collaborative art projects, including The Disintegration Collaboration (DisCo) and The Pulse, the latter of which forms the basis for his first book, "The Pulse of Mixed Media" to be released by North Light Books in Spring 2012.

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451aeef69e20162fcbed2b5970d2011-11-22T11:49:31-08:002011-11-22T11:49:31-08:00Welcome to our first ever, Black Friday through Cyber Monday Creative Soul/Digital Whisper self promotional event!!!! Whether you are a shopper, creator or both! We want to see your awesomeness in all it's glory this Holiday season, we want to...Izabella

Whether you are a shopper, creator or both! We want to see your awesomeness in all it's glory this Holidayseason, we want to help support our fellow artists' & handmade community in providing this venue to help promote your creations! So, come shop & share!

Please join Judy’s group “Selling Your Art”...here to add yourself to the list & join the party! Please continue to use this group even after the season to help promote your "for sale items" all year round!

We also have a cool new widget that is on the main page of the site & in the group where you can add a thumbnail photo & link to your online sites! Just look for the “inlinkz blue button, to add your link to the mix of other artists.

Also, be sure to regularly check out the main page of the Creative Souls site for exciting updates regarding upcoming events!

Remember to share the banner! Be part of the handmade revolution this HolidaySeason...BUY HANDMADE!

♥ Paris ~ Locks of Love ♥tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451aeef69e2015392f323ca970b2011-11-10T13:17:55-08:002011-11-10T13:21:08-08:00Pont du Carousel is the famous bridge in Paris that leads you from the Left Bank to the Louvre. Couples write their names on locks and attach them to the fence, then toss the key into the Seine as a...Izabella

Pont du Carousel is the famous bridge in Paris that leads you from the Left Bank to the Louvre. Couples write their names on locks and attach them to the fence, then toss the key into the Seine as a sign of their love, where there are thousands of locks attached to the fence. Beautiful ♥

Love-locks on the Pont de l'Archeveche, crossing from the Latin Quarter to the Cité island.

Love-locks glam up a couple of Seine bridges, the idea being to write or even better, engrave a romantic message on a padlock, lock it to the wire fencing and throw the key into the river. Voila! Everlasting love!

BUY HANDMADE THIS SEASONtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451aeef69e20162fc3c60eb970d2011-11-08T15:56:25-08:002011-11-08T15:56:25-08:00Please share this banner & help support handmade this season & beyond!Izabella

Please share this banner & help support handmade this season & beyond!

Creative Souls Self Portrait Challenge #6 "The Spooky Side of You"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451aeef69e20154366d1fe0970c2011-10-26T10:12:02-07:002011-10-26T10:12:02-07:00This was a fun & hilarious self portrait challenge, there is still time to come join us. Have fun altering your face! :) This by far was the funniest challenge we have had so far! We are in the sub...Izabella

This was a fun & hilarious self portrait challenge, there is still time to come join us. Have fun altering your face! :) This by far was the funniest challenge we have had so far! We are in the sub group section under "Soulful Self Portraits" at the Creative Souls site http://creativesouls.ning.com